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New Directions In STD Treatment - University of Hawaii

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Lymphogranuloma Venereum<br />

(LGV)<br />

C. trachomatis serovars L1, L2, L3<br />

� Clinical presentation<br />

� Lymphadenopathy syndrome: ulcer & inguinal<br />

adenopathy (bubo)<br />

� Anorectal syndrome: proctitis/protocolitis<br />

� Mucoid/hemorrhagic rectal discharge, anal pain,<br />

constipation, tenesmus<br />

� Complications from destructive granulomatous<br />

process<br />

�abscesses with scarring, fistulae, strictures,<br />

genital elephantiasis

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